Denys Petrovych Molchanov ( uk, Денис Петрович Молчанов; born 16 May 1987) is a

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player playing on the

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winning 15 singles and 62 doubles titles. He has also won one ATP doubles title. On 5 January 2015 he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 169, whilst his highest doubles ranking of No. 63 was reached on 22 July 2019. He also played for the Ukraine Davis Cup team.

Career

2018

Molchanov reached his first ATP doubles final at the 2018 Swiss Open in Gstaad partnering

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2022

At the

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he reached the semifinals partnering Ricardas Berankis losing to sixth seeds

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and

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. At the 2022 Open 13 Molchanov won his first title partnering

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in Marseilles.

Personal life

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ATP career finals

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Challenger and Futures finals

Singles: 26 (15–11)

Doubles: 99 (63–36)

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